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May 20, 2009

Fred Malek ranks top candidates in GOP, Barbour #3

Fred Malek ranks top candidates in GOP, Barbour #3 I have enjoyed assiduously Chris Cillizza’s frequent articles on the top ten most influential Republicans and have had the privilege of knowing some of them quite well through my chairmanship of the Executive Roundtable for the Republican Governor’s Association. This, plus concerns on the current Administration’s…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 20, 2009

Senate Just Can’t Resist a Sprinkling of Earmarks

Senate Just Can’t Resist a Sprinkling of Earmarks Some habits are hard to break. Despite President Obama’s urging that Congress avoid earmarks in a pending war spending bill, the $91.3 billion measure headed for the Senate floor Tuesday includes a sprinkling of funding provisions for individual lawmakers. Most prominent is a $489 million set-aside for…